英単語

geldingの意味・使い方・発音

gelding

英 ['geldɪŋ] 美 ['ɡɛldɪŋ]
  • 去勢された動物、過疎の人、宦官。

英語の語源


gelding (n.)
late 14c., "castrated animal" (especially a horse), also "a eunuch" (late 13c. as a surname), from Old Norse geldingr "wether; eunuch," from gelda "castrate" (see geld (v.)).

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